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ISGW 2018 – POST EVENT REPORT

Manekshaw Center, Dhaula KuanNew Delhi, INDIA

March 05 - 09, 2018

International Conference and Exhibitionon Smart Grids and Smart Cities

2018

Ministry of PowerGovernment of India

National Institution forTransforming India

India Smart Grid Forum

POWERED BY HOST UTILITIES

CO-HOST UTILITIES PARTNER UTILITIES

Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited

BESCOM(Government of Karnataka Undertaking)

www.isgw.in

@isgw2018

www.indiasmartgrid.org@IndiaSmartGridF

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India Smart Grid Week 201805 - 09 March 2018, Manekshaw Center, New Delhi

India Smart Grid Week is considered as one of the top five international event on Smart Grids and Smart Cities. 245 Experts from 38 countries converged at the Smart Grid Week to discuss emerging transformation of the India’s energy sector.

The 4th Edition of India Smart Grid Week (ISGW), the five-day long event was attended by veterans from across the globe. The conference and exhibition was inaugurated by AK Bhalla, Secretary, Ministry of Power; Other dignitaries present at the inaugural ceremony were Ajay Mathur, Director General of TERI; Upendra Tripathy, Interim Director General of International Solar Alliance; Praveer Sinha, CEO & MD, Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd; His Excellency Ambassador Klas Molin, Ambassador of Sweden to India; Richard Schomberg, IEC Ambassador for Smart Energy; N Venu, Senior Group President, Power Grids Division of ABB for South Asia, Middle East and Africa; Matt Wakefield, Director, Electric Power Research Institute, USA; Mahesh Ramanujam, CEO, US Green Building Council; Debashis Banerjee, CEO, Reliance Infrastructure; Patrick Santillo, Minister-Counsellor for Commercial Affairs, US Embassy; Christopher Jones, Deputy Director General - Energy, European Commission; and Reji Kumar Pillai President of ISGF and Chairman of Global Smart Grid Federation.

More than 2200 delegates and visitors attended the event which was held at Manekshaw Center in New Delhi scheduled from 05 – 09 March 2018. Experts from 38 countries from power sector discussed about the advanced solutions for grid modernization, e-mobility and renewable energy integration at the event.

This year the event included bilateral workshops with European Commission, Sweden, USA and France. Special workshops on Blockchain for Utilities attracted interest from large number of stakeholders. Full day parallel sessions were conducted on Smart City Gas Distribution and Smart Water. The participants of the event also got the opportunity to attend the technical tour to Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL), Northern Region Load Dispatch Centre(NRLDC); and the recently commissioned Smart Grid Pilot Project at UHBVN, Panipat with support from NEDO, Japan.

During the conference, MoUs were signed between ISGF and Think Smart Grids – France for collaboration; USTDA and Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) for the Business Case for Distributed Energy Resources in India Phase 2 Technical Assistance. PEER System by GBCI/USGBC was launched during the ceremony and special announcement was made by USTDA for Behavioral Energy Efficiency Program with BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) and Oracle Utilities; Energy Storage Roadmap Project by ISGF, IESA and MacArthur Foundation was also announced. Another special announcement was on the collaboration between TPDDL, SAP and Choice, Brazil for the launch of a new solution in India for prevention of theft of electricity.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Reji Kumar Pillai, President, India Smart Grid Forum commented, “India Smart Grid Week 2018 offered an excellent platform for Utility Leaders, Regulators, Government Officials and Technology Providers for networking and experience sharing with their peers from over 38 countries. With increasing focus on making city gas distribution and water distribution smart, next year ISGW will be held in an enhanced format as India Smart Utility Week”.

Inauguration of ISGW 2018 Conference

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nd2 IEC-IEEE World Smart EnergyStandardization Coordination Workshop

th5 EU-India Smart Grid Workshop

Roundtable on Blockchain for Utilities

Session on Smart Water

st01 France -India Smart Grid Workshop

th4 US – India Smart Grid Workshop

rd03 Sweden -India Smart Grid Workshop

Session on Smart City Gas Distribution

ISGW 2018: Conference Themes

ISGW 2018: Parallel Events

Key Highlights of ISGW 2018

3 Days of Conference

and Exhibition

4 Special Plenary

Sessions and Bilateral Smart Grid

Workshops

2 Thematic

Roundtables

3 Master Classes

Tracks and600+ Participants

3 Technical Tours and

80+ Participants

60 Technical Papers

(Published)

500+ Visitors

2200+ Delegates

38 Countries & 185 International

Participants

400+ Indian Participants from Utilities and Government

Organisations

80 Utility and Government

Organisations

181 Nominations for ISGF Innovation

Awards

245 Speakers

7 Supporting Ministries

43 Exhibitors

28 Key Partners

45 Supporting

Organisations

39 Award Winners from

16 Award Categories

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Theme - 1: Grid Modernization Part - 1Speakers (L-R): Christopher Villarreal, Maria Sandqvist,

Susumu Yoneoka, Matt Wakefield,Richard Schomberg, Magnus Andersson,

N Venu, Saifur Rehman

Theme - 3: E-Mobility Part - 1Speakers (L-R): Abilash ET Nair, Sajid Mubashir, Reji Kumar Pillai, Anil Srivastava, Doron Frenkel,

Mahesh Babu, PS Ananda Rao

Theme - 2: Smart Metering Part - 2Speakers (L-R): Kazuhiko Hanaoka, Paolo Treffiletti,

Dieter Brunner, Denis Maia, Vikas Kashyap, Sunil Mittal, Rohit Pareek, Sudhir Polavarapu, Mohan Roy, Sunil Kotagiri

Theme - 2: Smart Metering Part - 1Speakers (L-R): Jonathan Pettit, Sajin Rehan,

Richard Schomberg, Eric Dresselhuys, Rahul Tongia, Praveer Sinha, Stefan Engelhardt, Marc Delandre,

Glory You, Ajoy Rajani, John Cronin, Magnus Andersson

Lighting of the Lamp (L-R): Reena Suri, RejiKumar Pillai, Mahesh Ramanujam, Christopher Jones, Richard Schomberg, Ajay Mathur, H.E. Klas Molin, N Venu, AK Bhalla, Debashis Banerjee, Upendra Tripathy, Praveer Sinha, VK Kanjlia

GLIMPSES OF CONFERENCE AT ISGW 2018

Theme - 1: Grid Modernization Part - 2Speakers (L-R): Ashvini Kumar ,Elad Shaviv, Daniel Noll, Mani Vadari, Ashok Sethi, Rejikumar Pillai, Subir Sen,

Bhartendu Sinha, Ahmad Khan, Romain Douib

Theme - 3: E-Mobility Part - 2Speakers: Varsha Joshi, Sajid Mubashir,Mahesh Babu, Vinit Bansal, Hiren P Shah, Ilan Ben David, Vineet Jain,

Rajesh Bansal, Nishant Arya

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Round Table on Smart Policies & Regulations for 21st Century

Speakers (L - R): B P Singh, KVS Baba, S K Agarwal, Larisa Dobriansky, Christopher Villarreal, RK Verma,

Rahul Tongia, R P Singh, Reji Kumar Pillai

Special Plenary -1: Digitization of UtilitiesSpeakers (L-R) Richard Schomberg & Andres Carvallo

Theme - 7: Cross Cutting ThemesSpeakers (L-R): Girish Ghatikar, Christopher Villarreal,

Phil Beecher, Richard Schomberg, Romain Douib, Praveen Saxena, Chandan Chowdhury

Special Plenary -2: Cleantech 2.0 : Great Mashup of RE, Storage & EVs

Speaker: Ron Pernick

Theme-6: Disruptive TechnologiesSpeakers (L-R): Oriol Pujoldevall, Gideon Friedmann,

Gerhard Gamperl, Vijayan SR, Audun Abelsnes, Ron Pernick, Richard Schomberg, Pankaj Batra, Abhilasha Chaturvedi,

Kishore Narang, Ajit J Tawde, Laurent Karsenti

Theme - 5 Renewables & Microgrids (Powered by Sweden):

Speakers (L-R): Girish Ghatikar, Sujoy Ghosh, Rebecka Andreasson, Mohammed Altaani, Philippe Monloubou, Rejikumar Pillai, KVS Baba, Andreas Molin, Peik Stenlund, Gurpreet Singh,

Jay T Johnson, S Prakash, Sandip Sinha, Michael Soderstom

Theme - 4: Smart Cities Speakers (L-R): Pratap Padode, Mani Vadari, P R Kumar,

Agamjot Singh, Rakesh Trivedi, Michael Soderstrom, Massimiliano Claps, Aydin Cetin, Peik Stenlund,

Venkat Goli

Special Plenary - 3: Future Smart Energy Systems- Roadmap to ZeroCO2 Emission:

Speakers (L-R): Rejikumar Pillai, Kentaro Akiyama, Andres Carvallo

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05th EU-India Smart Grid WorkshopSpeakers (L-R): Matthieu Craye, Zdenka Pokorna, Ghanshyam Prasad, Vijayan SR, Christophe Arnoult, Ganesh Das, Willem

Van Den Reek, Pedro Godinho Matos

03rd Sweden-India Smart Grid WorkshopSpeakers: Maria Sandqvist, Arati Davis, Rahul Tongia,

Ludvig Lindstrom, Carsten Gronblad, Albin Carlen, Vivek Goel, Raphael Leyson, Prafulla Pathak,Pranjal Barua,

Rebecka Andreasson, MS Puri, Rajesh Bansal, Andreas Molin, Sandeep Kapoor, Peik Stenlund, Michael

Soderstorm, Yogendra Patwardhan, CK Sreenath, Gautam Kumar, Anil Arora

04th US-India Smart Grid WorkshopSpeakers (L-R): Victoria Gunderson, Deepak Gupta, Ibrahim Jilani, Rahul Walawalkar, Girish Ghatikar,

Ajoy Rajani

01st France-India Smart Grid Workshop Speakers: Durgadas Goswami, Jean - Marc Fenet, Valerie - Anne Lencznar, RejiKumar Pillai, Sylvain Martino,Guy Patrick de Broglie, Laurent Karsenti,

Gopal Saxena

GLIPMSES OF WORKSHOPS & PARALLEL EVENTS AT ISGW 2018

Smart Water SessionSpeakers: Arunabha Ghosh, Pratap Padode, Tom Mills,

Rabindra Kr Singh, Ian Rodgers, Anamika Bhargava, Neville Bhasin, Pankaj Mohan Gupta, Massimiliano Claps,

Sanjoy Roy, Ajay Pradhan, VK Kanjlia, Anil Kumar, Ajay Krishnan, Anant Gijare, Uday Kelkar, Sourav Daspatnaik,

Ramesh Kasinathan

Smart City Gas Distribution SessionSpeakers (L-R): E.S Ranganathan, Satpal Garg,

Jiledar Singh, Sushil Kumar

IEC - IEEE World Smart EnergyStandardization Coordination Workshop

Speakers: Reji Kumar Pillai, Srikanth Chandrasekaran, Richard Schomberg, Amarjeet Kumar, Kadhirvel Boopathi,

Uday Mhaskar, Rajeev Sharma, Dinesh Chand Sharma, Girish Ghatikar

Roundtable on Blockchain for Utilities Speakers: Ravi Jagannathan, Reena Suri,

Andres Carvallo, Gerhard Gamperl, Oriol Pujoldevall, Anamika Bhargava, Ashish Mathur, Ajoy Rajani

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GLIMPSES OF EXHIBITION AT ISGW2018

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GLIMPSES OF VALIDICTORY SESSION AT ISGW 2018

GLIMPSES OF MASTER CLASSES AT ISGW 2018Theme 1 (Part 1 & 2): Leading Grid Modernization

Speakers: Anant Venkateswaran, Rahul Tongia, Jonathan Pettit, Oriol Pujoldevall

Theme 2 (Part 1 & 2): Leading Transition to a Smart City-a 360 degree perspective on planning for the futureSpeaker: Mani Vadari

Speakers (L-R): Ajoy Rajani, Richard Schomberg, Rejikumar Pillai, Girish Ghatikar, Rahul Tongia

Theme 3 (Part 1 & 2): Leading Transformation to Smart Power System of the Future Speakers: Girish Ghatikar, Ratan Das

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GLIMPSES OF TECHNICAL TOURS AT ISGW 2018

Smart Grid Pilot Project, Panipat

NLDC Smart Grid Lab, New Delhi

Tata Power DDL Smart Grid Lab, New Delhi

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GLIMPSES OF ISGF INNOVATION AWARDS 2018

Best Smart Grid Project in India by UtilityPOSOCO

Diamond Award

Best Smart Grid Project in India by IndustrySchneider ElectricDiamond Award

Best Rural Electrification Projects by UtilityDGVCL

Platinum Award

Best Smart Grid Project in India by IndustryCyanConnode

Platinum Award

Best Rural Electrification Projects by UtilityAPEPDCL

Diamond Award

Best Smart Grid Project in India by UtilityCESC Mysore

Platinum Award

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Best Rural Electrification Projects by Industry Cygni Energy Private Limited

Diamond Award

Innovative Policies and Regulations Promoting Renewables and Smart Grids in India

DERCDiamond Award

Best Energy Efficiency Programs/Projects of the Year 2017Energos Technologies Pvt Ltd

Diamond Award

Innovative Policies and Regulations Promoting Renewables and Smart Grids in India

BESCOM Platinum Award

Best Energy Efficiency Programs/Projects of the Year 2017TPDDL

Platinum Award

Best Rural Electrification Projects by Industry Larsen & Toubro Limited

Platinum Award

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Smart Technology of the Year Efficienergi Consulting Pvt Ltd

Diamond Award

Innovative EV of the Year Ashok Leyland Limited

Diamond Award

Smart Startup of the Year MinionLabs

Diamond Award

Innovative EV of the Year Mahindra Electric Mobility Ltd

Platinum Award

Smart Startup of the Year REConnect Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Platinum Award

Smart Technology of the Year STMicroelectronics

Platinum Award

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Smart Startup of the Year Probus Smart Things Pvt. Ltd.

Gold Award

Smart Startup by Young Entrepreneur (below 30 years of age)

Swadha Energies Diamond Award

Smart Incubator of the Year Global Incubation Services (GINSERV)

Diamond Award

Smart Startup by Young Entrepreneur (below 30 yearsof age)

Lume Solar Energy Private Limited Platinum Award

Smart Incubator of the Year SIDBI Innovation & Incubation Center, IIT Kanpur

Platinum Award

Smart Startup by Woman Entrepreneur Real Time Renewables Pvt. Ltd.

Platinum Award

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Most Progressive Water Utility in India Belgavi City Corporation

Diamond Award

Most Progressive Water Utility in India Orange City Water Pvt. Ltd.

Gold Award

Most Progressive Gas Utility in India Indraprastha Gas Limited

Platinum Award

Most Progressive Gas Utility in India Gujarat Gas Ltd. Diamond Award

Most Progressive Gas Utility in India Green Gas Ltd

Gold Award

Most Progressive Water Utility in India JUSCO

Platinum Award

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ISGF President’s Award for the Best Contribution towards Growth of Smart Grids in India

Rahul Tongia

ISGF President’s Award for the Best Contribution towards Growth of Smart Grids in India

Gram Power India Pvt Ltd Power Corporation Ltd. & India Power Corporation Ltd

Smart Technology of the Year_REC Power

Distribution Company Ltd Platinum Award

Smart Startup by Woman Entrepreneur Energy Guru Gold Award

Smart Startup by Woman Entrepreneur

Oorjan Cleantech Pvt Ltd Diamond Award

Smart Startup of the Year Lithium Urban

Technologies Pvt LtdPlatinum Award

ISGF President’s Award for the Best Contribution towards Growth of Smart Grids in India

Rahul Walawalkar

ISGF President’s Award for the Best Contribution towards Growth of Smart Grids in India

CESC Kolkata

Lithium Urban Technologies

Pvt Ltd

Team ISGF

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Supporting Ministries

Key Partners

Ministry of PowerGovernment of India

National Institution forTransforming India

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Supporting Organisations

Media and Marketing Partners

ExhibitorsBangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited

BESCOM(Government of Karnataka Undertaking)

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IndiaSMART UTILITY

Week 2019

12 March - 16 March 2019 | New Delhi, India12 March - 16 March 2019 New Delhi, India www.isuw.in

About ISUW 2019India Smart Grid Forum has been organising its flagship annual event, India Smart Grid Week (ISGW) since 2015. The 4th edition of ISGW was held from 05 to 09 March 2018. From the overwhelming feedbacks we received, ISGW 2018 was an astounding success, attended by over 2200+ delegates and 245 speakers from 38 countries.

With the appreciation and motivation received from our stakeholders we are expanding the horizons of ISGW. With the inclusion of Gas Distribution and Water Distribution Utilities which are equally relevant in the Smart City domain, we are transforming the India Smart Grid Week (ISGW) to India Smart Utility Week (ISUW) in 2019. We are happy to announce that we have finalised 12 - 16 March 2019 as the dates for ISUW 2019.

ISUW 2019 will be organised as an International Conference and Exhibition on Smart Energy and Water for Smarter Cities. ISUW 2019 will bring together India’s leading Electricity, Gas and Water Utilities, Policy Makers, Regulators, Investors and world’s top-notch Smart Energy Experts and Researchers to discuss trends, share best practices and showcase next generation technologies and products in smart energy and smart cities domains. ISUW 2019 will include plenaries, interactive workshops, keynotes, and technical sessions. For more details visit www.isuw.in

ISUW 2019 Conference and Exhibition Program

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12 March 2019 Tuesday

13 March 2019 Wednesday

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16 March 2019Saturday

Master Classes Conference and Exhibition

Conference and Exhibition

Conference and Exhibition

Technical Tour and Cultural Tour